Garment supporter



Patented Apr. 23, 1935 UNITED STATES GARMENT SUPPORTED James G. Tompkins, Los Angeles, Calm, assignor to Grace Lankford,

Santa Monica, Calif.

Application November 21, 1933, Serial No. 699,005

9 Claims.

This invention relates to a support for garments such as stockings, hose and the like and more particularly pertains to a support of the character set forth in United States Letters Patent Number 1,859,810 issued to me under date of May 24, 1932.

, The device embodies a fastening member upon which the marginal portion of a garment can be wound by turning the member on an appropriate support, and which fastening member is so formed and mounted that tension on the fabric of the garment, or the natural resilience of the fabric, will serve to maintain the wound portion thereof in engagement with the fastening member until the latter is turned in a direction to unwind the fabric therefrom.

In the form of the supporter set forth in the patent above referred to the fastening member is designed to rotate completely around an axis, which necessitates mounting the fastening member so that it may be swung between its supports.

I In some instances this manner of assembling the fastening member is objectionable and accordingly the purpose of the present invention is to provide a construction whereby the fastening member may be turned only a partial revolution around its axis, in order to accomplish its function and permit the ready attachment of the garment to the fastening member and its dis- 30 engagement therefrom.

A principal object of the invention is to provide a simplified pivotal mounting for the fastening member so as to facilitate manufacture of the device and also produce a pivotal support for the fastening member such that the parts will not be liable to become accidentally separated.

With the foregoing objects in view together with such other objects and advantages as may subsequently appear the invention resides in the parts and in the combination, construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed and illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a view of the supporter as seen in from elevation:

Fig. 2 is a view in vertical section as seen on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 in the direction indicated by the arrows:

Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective of the pivotal connection between the fastening member and its support as shown in Fig. 1:

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are diagrams in side elevation illustrating the mode of operation of the invention:

Fig. 7 is a detail in perspective illustrating a modified form of the pivotal connection between the fastening member and its support.

' Fig. 8 is a view in front elevation showing amodified form of the invention:

Fig. 9 is a detail in perspective illustrating the form of the pivotal connection shown in Fig. 8:

Referring to the drawing more specifically A indicates generally the fastening member and B designates a support on which the fastening member A is pivotally carried for swinging movement a partial revolution around an axis.

The support B is of general U-shaped formation and includes spaced side members In connected together in the form of a yoke, and as here shown comprises a sheet metal stamping. The support B embodies a transversely elongated eyelet I l at the base portion of the side members It! for engagement with an elastic band l2 as is common in hose supporter construction. In the arrangement shown in,Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, each of the side members In is substantially flat and is formed proximate its end with an aperture l4 which opens to the front and back of the member and is preferably rectangular in outline as indicated in Fig. 3.

The fastening member Aincludes a pair of spaced side members It which project from and are connected togetherby a bar I1, thus imparting to the fastening member the form of a yoke, and which yoke is formed of a flat sheet metal stamping. The outer extremities of the side members I6 are formed with loops l9 which are passed through the apertures l4 and thus encircle transverse bars 20 which constitute the outer marginal wall portions of the apertures l4 and comprise the terminals of the side members I01 In this manner a pivotal connection between the fastening member A and the support B is afforded, with the side members l6 of the fastening member overlying and extending substantially in continuation with the side members ll! of the support B.

By this arrangement the fastening member may swing around an axis only a partial revolution; its swinging movement being limited relative to the support B by either of the opposed faces of the side members l6 of the fastening member adjacent the loops l9 coming into contact with the opposed faces of the side members 10. The fastening member is thus inhibited from swinging through the support B or pass ing between the side members Ill.

In some instances it is desirable that the fastening member have a swinging movement less than one-half a revolution, that is be limited to a swinging movement confined to one side of the support B. In this event each of the side members it] of the support B is formed with a pair of apertures 2| and 22 spaced apart longitudinally of the side members by a bar 23 around which bar the loops l8 of the fastening member A are passed as shown in Fig. I.

By this arrangement the end portions of the side members Ill, indicated at 24, serve as a stop or abutment for the side members iii of the fastening member A to limit swinging movement of the latter in one direction, and such as to preclude swinging of the fastening member past the end portion of the side members Hi.

In the construction shown in Figs. 8 and 9 the side members 26 of the fastening member A are bent inwardly at their ends to extend toward each other to form trunnions '21, and the ends of the side members 29 of the support B are looped around the trunnions 21 as particularly shown in Fig. 9 thus affording the requisite pivotal connection between the fastening member and its support. In this arrangement the fastening member may swing a partial revolution from one side of the support to the other in the manner described with reference to the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 3.

By connecting the fastening yoke A to the side members ill of the support B in the manner herein set forth, the inner adjacent margins of the side members of the support will extend between the inner margins of the upper portions of the fastening yoke so that when a fabric is applied to the support and passed between the side members ll] of the support and drawn downwardly between the side members l6 of the fastening yoke as hereinafter described, no obstructions will be afforded at the pivotal connection between the fastening yoke and its support, thus facilitating positioning of the fabric in engagement with the fastening yoke A. a

In the operation of the invention the fastening member is initially disposed in an acute angular relation to the support B as shown in Fig. 4, or in other words, assuming the support B to be depending vertically, the fastening member is disposed in an upwardly extending divergent position relative to the support. The marginal portion of a fabric C to be fastened is passed between the side members of the support B and over the then upwardly projecting end portion of the fastening member A, and the margin a of the fabric brought downwardly along the under side of the bar portion II. The fastening member A is then swung downwardly to a substantially horizontal position as shown in Fig. so as to dispose a portion of the fabric C between the side members of the fastening member A and next to inner edge of the bar I! whereupon the fastening member is swung to a dependent position substantially in alignment with the support B as shown in Fig. 6.

In this position the margin 11 of the fabric is engaged between the bar I! of the fas ening member A and a depending portion b of the fabric in such manner that a pull or tension imparted on the fabric away from the member A in the direction of the length thereof, will immediately effect connection between the fabric and fastening member. When it is desired to detach the fabric from the fastening member the latter is swung upwardly in the direction opposite that initially employed in effecting connection with the fabric, and on the fastening member being disposed in its upwardly extending position a slight pull on the fabric will effect release thereof.

I claim: I o

1. In a garment supporter, a pair of yokes, openings in the end portion of the side members of one of said yokes, and loops on the side members of the other of said yokes pivotally engaging said openings; the ends of the side members of one of said yokes extending in longitudinal overlapped relation to the ends of the side members of the other yoke.

2. A garment supporter comprising a supporting yoke and a fastener yoke pivotally connected together for limited pivotal movement relative to each other whereby said fastener yoke may be swung toward and away from the supporting yoke with its movement toward the supporting yoke limited by the side members of the latter.

3. In a garment supporter, a pair of yokes pivotally connected together at their outer ends for limited swinging movement relative to each other, said yokes being adapted to be disposed in alignment with each other and to be positioned at a limited acute angle relative to each other.

4. A garment supporter, comprising a support embodying a pair of spaced flat side members each of which is formed with an opening adjacent its outer end, a fastening member comprising a pair of spaced side members, and a bar connecting said members together in spaced relation to the outer ends thereof, and loops on the outer ends of the side members of the fastening member engaging the openings in the side members of the support and confined therein forming a pivotal connection between the fastening member and support.

5. In a garment supporter, a supporting yoke, a fiat fastening member having spaced side members, a bar connecting said side members spaced from the outer ends of the latter, a pivotal connection between the ends of the said side members and the side members of said yoke arranged to afford limited pivotal movement of the fastening member relative to the yoke, said fastening member being adapted to be positioned at a determined acute angle relative to said yoke and. also to be disposed in alignment therewith.

6. A garment supporter embodying a support and a fastening member, each of which includes a pair of spaced side members; the side members of the fastening member being pivotally connected to the ends of the side members of the support for swinging movement relative thereto; means for limiting movement of the fastening member relative to the support to a partial revolution, and a bar connecting the side members of the fastening member in spaced relation to the pivoted ends thereof.

'7. In a'garment supporter, a support having a pair of spaced depending side members each of which is formed adjacent its lower end with a slot opening from the front to the back thereof, a fastening yoke having the ends of its side members extending through and confined in said slots "mouse in swinging looped engagement with the terminals of the side members or said support and with the side members of said fastening yoke extending in longitudinal continuation of the side members of the support.

8. In a garment supporter, a pair of spaced supporting members, and a fastening yoke having the ends of its side members pivotally connected to said supporting members with the adjacent inner margins of said supporting members extending between the inner margins 01 the upper portion of said fastening yoke.

9. In a. garment supporter, a pair of depending spaced rigid supporting members having slots in their lower end portions, a fastening yoke having side members overlying the lower end portions of said supporting members longitudinally thereof, and loops on the ends of the side members of said supporting yoke extending through the slot in said supporting members and pivotal- 1y engaging the lower ends of said supporting members.

JAMES G. TOMPKINS. 

